MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO - Grey Totoro - Hidamari Plush 26cm

This premium official soft toy brings a touch of softness and magic straight from the poetic world of Studio Ghibli. Officially licensed by Semic, this collectable soft toy pays tribute to the most famous king of the forest in Japanese pop culture.

The design incorporates the unique stylistic features of the Japanese Hidamari collection, renowned for the softness of its textures and the immediate comfort it provides. This soft toy captures with absolute fidelity the round, stocky and reassuring silhouette of the great Totoro. Its ultra-soft plush texture offers a wonderfully delicate tactile experience, ideal for moments of tenderness or to add the perfect finishing touch to a cosy interior.

The soft toy faithfully reproduces his distinctive physical features, sporting his characteristic grey fur, his large white belly embroidered with the famous grey arrow-shaped (or crescent-shaped) motifs, as well as his long, erect ears and large, wide-open round eyes. It is made from a combination of silky polyester fibres and an ingenious polyethylene bead filling at its base. This system ensures excellent stability when seated, preventing it from tipping over. Designed to decorate a bedroom, adorn a collector’s shelf or accompany young and old alike in their daily lives, this collector’s item comes with its official Ghibli cardboard label.

In Hayao Miyazaki’s eponymous masterpiece released in 1988, My Neighbour Totoro, the Grey Totoro — whose real name is ‘Ō-Totoro’ — is an ancient magical creature and the spiritual guardian of the forest who watches over the surrounding natural world. Over 1,300 years old, this benevolent and peaceful spirit spends most of his days sleeping in the heart of a gigantic camphor tree. His path crosses that of the young sisters Satsuki and Mei, who have just moved to the countryside. Although he communicates only through deep, resonant roars, he shows them immense kindness, offering them magical seeds and coming to their rescue aboard the Catbus in times of trouble. Having become the official emblem of Studio Ghibli, Totoro single-handedly embodies nostalgia for childhood, respect for nature and the power of the imagination.